Snow Lion: Joy and Cheerfulness

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[0:20] Taking our seat. In the midst of this beautiful, joyful, challenging world. Arranging our body, this human body. Glanting in our spine, tucking our chin, allowing the breath to flow easily.

[1:36] Allowing the mind to come into harmony. Synchrony. With the rhythm of the body. Breathing body.

[2:39] Extending our sense perceptions in this space around us. And within us. Coming into close contact with the space we're in.

[4:15] Below whatever stories and fears may be going on in your mind, that within us there is an innate cheerfulness.

[4:55] Cleaning up. Maybe mowing the lawn. And he's sitting with a book in the garden. Watching the leaves on the trees. He could be in vacuuming the carpet. Sweeping. Maybe in making breakfast. Just a cheerfulness. Delight to be alive. Good morning.

[6:39] Feeling within us for this sense. This upliftedness.

[7:08] Disciplines of practice, of cleaning.

[7:33] Not the discipline, the military view, where it's weaponized, but inviting, practice into our lives. Like inviting the sun and rain to feed and help a plant grow strong and thrive.

[8:34] Discipline into our lives to help us thrive.

[9:04] Represented as Snow Lion. Snow Lion is... A lion with fur that is all white. With a shaggy, turquoise mane. And it leaps... In the high mountains. Leaping from mountain top to mountain top. With joy... And cheerfulness. Wind rushing through its mane. From bird passing... To pause. tro relaxing...

[11:52] Feeling and cultivating this Snow Lion quality inside us. This cheerfulness. This joy in discipline. A joy of cleaning up, practicing, helping others. This simple, cheerful, joyful quality. Our Snow Lion.

[16:06] Moved....